Sustainable Seafood Ocean-Friendly Eating
A sea life lover's guide to seafood

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Reefs A Return to the Reefs
With the world's coral reefs in crisis, the author's childhood memories guide a far-reaching study of the problem in the Bahamas



Medicine Medicine From the Sea
From slime to sponges, scientists are plumbing the ocean's depths for new medications to treat cancer, pain and other ailments



Storm Warnings Storm Warnings
Is global warming to blame for the intensity of recent Atlantic hurricanes? While experts debate that question, they agree that more devastating tempests are headed our way



Killers In Paradise
The tropics are home to the world's most venomous creatures—jellyfish with 4 brains, 24 eyes and stingers that can kill you in a minute flat



Venice Venice's Uncertainty
A new floodgate system should protect the city from high tides unless climate change interferes




April 11, 2008
Where everything's bigger except the insurance
Development along Texas's Gulf Coast makes insurance companies anxious

March 31, 2008
Cargo Ships Drop Some Water Weight
Engineers keep ballast-free boats afloat and invasive species out

March 27, 2008
Overheated corals switch and survive
A heat-tolerant algae keeps corals alive

January 2, 2008
Good news-bad news in a tin of sardines
The small fish with large amounts of contaminants

December 10, 2007
White Cliffs of McMurdo
From the Field: The Barne Glacier—an ice climber's dream



  Smithsonian National Museum of     Natural History

  National Oceanic & Atmospheric     Administration

  Blue Ocean Institute

  United Nations Atlas of the Oceans

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